Talent continues to be a barrier with data engineering surpassing data science as scarcest skillset Hiring and retaining IoT talent a What kinds of skillsets are the hardest to attract and retain? significant barrier to success Data engineers (data cleaning, data organization) 401 Data scientists 343 No Communications Specialist 324 37 Sensor and endpoint hardware specialist 318 Agile software development professionals 288 63 Yes Connected hardware engineers who understand legacy equipment 253 IoT-savvy executives 220 Percent of responses IoT-savvy product management 164 Number of responses Q3_11 BASE: (Total: N = 1265) Source: 2019 survey of 1400 IoT practitioners; McKinsey analysis McKinsey & Company 16